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No, 242,915.` Pmmed June 14,1881.l

NVENTOR wlTNEssES if .ATTORNEYS N. Pneus, hm-Lanagnmn wamingmn 1:14;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLLIVER P. FURMAN, OF ADDISON, NEW YORK.

BURIAL-GASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming iger/bef Letters Patent No. 242,915, dated June 14., 1se1.`

Application inea Meren 10,1581. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLLIVER P. FURMAN, a citizen of the United States, resident at Addison, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, haveinven ted certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gaskets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a representation ot a side view, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section.

This invention relates to improvements in coftins, more particularly the devices for holding in the trimmings.

The invention consists in the construction, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim. i

In the annexed drawings, A represents a burial-casket. This may be constructed in any usual way, except in a particular hereinafter mentioned 5 butI prefer a plain wooden coftln, B, having grooves bon its inner faces, and covered within and without with coatings of cement O, holding in the glass E. Along the upper edge of the bottom of the coliiiu is made a seat, d. Along the seat d, at proper inter vals, are made theholesj. In these holes are secured the turned-down ends g of hooks or catches F These catches lie on the seat d, and have their ends h turned down inside of the case and curved, as shown. On these curved ends are hooked the trimmings for the interior. e

What I claim is- The cofn having the holes f in the seat d, in combination with the catches F, having the `ends g securedin holes f, and ends h turned down into the cofiin, as set forth.

In testimony whereotl I attix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

OLLIVR I. FURMAN.

Witnesses W. T. FRIT'rs, Gr. W. DE GROEP. 

